The Air Force blames deadly crash that killed 14 on Goggles Case
The crash of a C-130J cargo plane that killed 14 people in Afghanistan in October is being blamed on the misuse of a night-vision goggles case, according to a U.S. Air Force investigation report. The flight crashed 28 seconds after takeoff from Jalalabad Airport near the Afghan-Pakistani border on October 2 as it was heading to Bagram Airfield. Initially, the Taliban said Islamist fighters had downed the four-engine plane, but U.S. military officials immediately shed doubt on those claims. Those who lost their lives in this tragic plane crash included the pilot, co-pilot, two loadmasters, two security team members and five contractors as passengers. Three Afghan guards on the ground were also killed when the plane hit a guard tower, said the report, which was released Friday.
Analysis: This is a very sad thing to hear about/ have to occur. There have been many instances where equipment has malfunctioned and caused death and injury. During WW2 and the Vietnam War many American an aircrafts had faulty systems and crashed and killed many people. We should be more careful and look into our equipment more carefully.
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